Faster startup*:
In all previous versions, program used to spend about a minute
on start-up (while examining files). This is in addition to the
"re-indexing" time required (see next bug-fix below).
Now this examination takes only about a couple of seconds.It
still takes about a minute when running for the first time after
installation, or after downloading a new book; after that and in
all subsequent runs of the program, the start-up will only
require about a couple of seconds.

"REINDEXING" BUG SOLVED*:
In most previous versions, the program required re-indexing
of all files, which would take hours(on each start-up!!!)Now this bug has been fixed wal-hamdulillaah:As mentioned
above(under:
Faster Startup), the program now takes only about a few seconds to start-up (in
usual runs, i.e. except after installation of the main program, or after downloading
new books), and does not require re-indexing on each start-up.

Flexible shortcut options:Desktop / System Tray

Uninstall
Available from program's "Help" and from
Control Panel's "Add/Remove Programs"
*

Refined Live-Update:
On demand, or automated.

Fast Search:
A normal search in all books (hundreds of volumes)
usually completes in less
than 30 seconds on most machines.

Powerful Search Options:
One or more
phrases
And/Or, etc.

Dictionary Style search:
Your word is used to generate
several search words, and search among various lexicons:
Dictionaries, biographies, etc.

Mouse-Move Search:
Move the mouse over any word and view
its definition from Lexicons/Dictionaries almost
instantaneously.

Flexible Options for Dictionary Style search and
Mouse-Move Search:One click in the Dictionary options
allows you to select or remove one or all available
lexicons, or select only "grammatical" Lexicons or
remove
them (in one click), or "Historical" lexicons, or
Hadeeth related Dictionaries... etc.
All subsequent
searches will follow these options for Dictionary Style
Search or Mouse-Move search. More than that: By
selecting/ removing single or groups of lexicons (in one
click) as described above, you are also affecting their
ordering.
So if you are mainly interested today in
understanding hadeeths:
- You start - in the Dictionary
Options screen - by "unselecting" all lexicons (in one
mouse click)
- Then with a mouse click you select
all Hadeeth related dictionaries - Al Nihayah, etc. -
(now they will be the first ones searched and the first
displayed)
- Then with another mouse click you select
normal Dictionaries (including al Fayrouz Abazi, Lisan
al Arab, etc).
Now your Dictionaries are
"Hadeeth-Smart":
Whether you perform a normal Dictionary
Search (F2 or double click on a word) or a mouse-move
search, the first results displayed are from the Hadeeth
Dictionaries then from the normal Dictionaries.Finally, for Dictionary Style search (F2 or Double
Click) you can also select the option to display normal
Dictionary entries first:
The program will display FIRST
the results where your search word is at the top of the
result (at your option, how much near the top). Such
results will be displayed first
Then the results will
show, where your search word appears within the "body"
of the results and not near the top:
So even in the cases when you do not
obtain the "formal definition" of the word, you will
still be able
to understand how it is used "in context".

Simultaneous
Searches:*While program is performing a normal search, you can
perform simultaneously*
a "dictionary" style search from the main menu (F2).
Explanation:
Before completing a "normal"
search, when
the program starts finding results, it immediately displays them on the "results screen"
(so as not to keep you waiting for all the remaining results).
At that time
(i.e. while the "normal" search continues) you
can double click on any word to perform a simultaneous*
Dictionary style search.Also, you can move the mouse over any word on the
results screen, and view a brief description from the
dictionaries simultaneously*,
without interrupting the "normal" search.

Purchase Price: $10 in addition to the price of "Al
Muhaddith Search Program" CD collection.A 15 day
evaluation copy of "Prayer Times Program" is included with Al
Muhaddith CD Collection.
Upon termination of the evaluation period, the "Atomic Time" feature
and "Rollup-Window" feature get disabled; other features of the
program remain.
This restriction does not apply to all those who purchased "Al
Muhaddith" CD collection before February 15, 2005; they will be able
to activate all features of the program, in accordance with our
offer before that date, which included both programs.

Several Azhan
and Suras

Startup with
Windows, or not.

Flexible shortcut options:Desktop / System Tray

Uninstall
Available from program's "Help" and from
Control Panel's "Add/Remove Programs"
*

Refined Live-Update:
On demand, or automated.

Attractive and flexible
"Roll-Up" window for Azhan:*
Small window,
moving "up" from the lower right corner, in the new XP
style.If you selected to allow pre-Azhan warnings, this
window remains (until you click it).
if you did
not select to allow pre-Azhan warnings, this window
will roll down in a few seconds.Are frustrated by XP style windows that disappear
without having the chance to read them? Our window rolls
down slower.
More than that; just move the mouse over it
(while it is slowly rolling away) and it will roll back up, waiting for your next choice:
Keep
your mouse over the window to maintain it, click the
window to close it, or click the "speaker" icon to stop
the sound.
Does this roll-up window get in the way of your right
"auto-hide" tool bar" (if you have one)? Simply drag it left or
right.Personal note, from one of the programmers:
I usually select the option to "Always Maintain Roll-Up Screen".
A few days after adopting this choice, I became surprised to
sense a kind of affection to that "object", lurking there
unobtrusively, at the bottom corner of my field of vision, while
I would be working on just any task, whereby I became able to
know about the next prayer with a simple "glance of the eye",
any time I desired.
I wondered if I should be embarrassed with such an emotion
toward an inanimate object, until the words of our Prophet PBUH
came to mind: "Uhud is a mountain that loves us, and which we
love too".
I hope you will get the same benefits from that small window at
the bottom corner of the screen.

Excellent Atomic Time feature:*Note: If the details below seem involved, just request
"I want program to adjust clock"; our features are
much more difficult to read about, than to benefit from!So you have a Prayer Times program, but is your clock
correct? How about your date? How about your city:
Did
the Daylight-Savings period start, or not yet, or does
your city not even use Daylight-Savings?We listened to all your suggestions and provided our
outstanding Atomic Time feature, where your system clock
can be automatically adjusted to the highest possible
precision of the international Atomic Clocks. Several
Prayer Times programs within the same office can be
heard performing the Azhan at almost the same second.
Better than Windows XP, our Time Adjustment is
adjustable by you: How often to adjust the time? Every
month/s, every week/s, every hour/s, every minute/s
and/or at startup? Never adjust? Ask you or not before
adjusting? What is the maximum adjustment to apply
without asking you?... ... ...
Our program also succeeds in
countries where Windows XP fails because we reach the
Atomic Clocks through HTTP, the normal internet
communication method, while Windows uses other methods
that are prevented by many firewalls of some countries
Internet Service Providers.
Furthermore, also
unlike Windows XP, which adjustment are unknown (was my
clock adjusted? when? how much was the adjustment?), our attractive Roll-Up window
informs you each time any adjustment is performed,
then disappears automatically in a few seconds - unless your
mouse moves over it.Finally, Our Atomic Time feature checks not only your System time,
but also checks your System
date*. Thus if you installed Windows and set
the time, but made a mistake by choosing AM instead of
PM, or by choosing a wrong date; once our program
starts, it will recognize your error and bring it to
your attention - if your options allow it to do so.

Automatic Time Zone adjustment:*First, here is the description of an actual example,
illustrating the advantages of this feature and its ease of use:
A few weeks ago, I took my notebook from Dubai to Madinah when I
went for Hajj والحمد لله.
Once in Madinah, I needed to change the city for my Prayer Times
Program, so I clicked Locations / Select.
As soon as I selected "Medina", the program informed me
(correctly) that the Riyadh Time Zone is "more appropriate" for
the newly selected city, than System's current Time Zone, and it
offered me 3 choices:
- Select the Riyadh Time Zone (and apply it to the Operating
System)
- Let me to perform the Time Zone adjustment myself (by opening
my Operating System's appropriate screen)
- Do not change anything.
I clicked the first option: This immediately corrected the Time
Zone for my whole System, including Prayer Times Program, which
adjusted its clock (adding one hour).
The reverse happened when I returned to Dubai: I just selected
"Dubai", then clicked the first option (as described above) and
I was "set to go".More details about this feature:
Our program recognizes and abides by the Time Zone* that you
selected in
Windows' Regional Settings.Thus if
you chose your region as GMT Time Zone (or Eastern
Standard Time Zone, or Arabian Time Zone, or Egypt Time
Zone); subsequently when the specific dates occur, if
they require any Time adjustment (due to your Time Zone's
specifications), our program will automatically adjust its prayer
times calculations
accordingly.Also, if you request a location, our program recognizes whether
or not it is indeed located geographically in your Regional
Settings' Time Zone. So when or if you chose a city (in our Program)
that belongs to another Time
Zone, our program immediately presents flexible options to
correct the situation (as illustrated in the above example).